Corn-shocker.



I. c'. NOLTE. 001m snooxmz. APBLIOATION FILED JUNE 25, 1907.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

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CORN SHOOKER. APPLIOATIOEI'ILED 31113 26, 1907.

908,027; w PatentedDec. 29, 1908.

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CORN-SHOCKER.

No. 908,027. Specification ofiLetters Patent. Patented Dec. 29, 1908. Application filed June 25, 1907. Serial No. 380,720.

To all whom 'it may concern: indicated at 9? on the under side of there- Be it known that l, lsAnoRE O. NOLTE, tary table 1, when the clutch is engaged. citizen of the United States, residing at Del- The pinion 9 is loose on the shaft 14 but is phos, in the county of Allen and State of fixed to the movable clutch member and is 60 Ohio, have invented certain new and useful engaged with the rack when said clutch memlmprovements in Corn-Shockers, of which ber is shifted to engagement with the fixed the following is a specification. clutch member. The movable clutch mem- This invention relates to corn shockers, ber is shifted by means of a lever 16 which and has for its object to provide a rotating has a loop and collar extending around the 65 table, upon which the stalks are stacked, movable clutch member and adapted. to with means for causing an intermittent parshift the same and to allow rotation thereof. tial rotation, which in the present instance The end of the lever 16 is connected to. a

will be one-eighth of a turn. spring 23 which normally tends to hold said A further object is to cause the corn or clutchdisengaged. The lever 16 has extend- 70 stalks to stand upright when stacked. ing therefrom a rod 28 around which is, a

A further object of the invention is to prospiral spring 32 connected to a piece vide improved means for feeding the fodder which is pivotally joined at 1 1 to a lever 39 stalks to the rotating table. which is slidable or movable sidewise under a With these and other objects in view the strap 36 fixed to the frame. A curved piece 20 invention is illustrated in the accompanying 17 is also connected at one end tothe lever 39 drawings, in which and works, at its other end under a strap 8 Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine, or on the lever 16. The pieces 25 and 47 are as much thereof as is necessary for this case. connected by a spiral spring 27. On the Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the mechanism under side of the piece 47 15 a lug or projec for automatically starting and stopping the tion 23, and working beside this is a hamrotation of the table. Fig. 3 is a perspective mer 25 fixed to the shaft 10. The end of the view of that part of the invention, particulever 39 opposite to that which carries the larly, which feeds and bunches the fodder parts just described is pivotally connected, onto thetable. Fig. 1 is an enlarged erat 8 to the end of the lever 16. The lever 30 spective view of the cranked rakes, w ich 39 is connected by a bolt 40 to a latch bolt feed the fodder. Fig. 5 is. a detail in per- 7 which is arranged to engage in the notches spective of apart to be hereinafter described. 3 heretofore referred to.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 4 22 indicates a bell crank lever which is indicates the rotating table or platform of the pivoted to the frame and has at one end a 35 shocker, mounted upon a frame A which is projecting finger or member 30 held in posisupported b the small or grain wheel 5 and tion by a coiled spring 31, and the forked a large or driving wheel 6. The table is end of the lever 22 is connected to a rod 6 notched in the edge, as indicated at 3, eight to be hereinafter described. notches being shown spaced equally aroun 12 indicates a bell crank lever pivoted. to 40 the circumference. The main wheel. 6 carthe frame and connected at one end to the ries a sprocket wheel, 15 which drives a chain bolt 7 by means of a slot and pin at 50, and

belt 9 running over a sprocket wheel 15 on a connected at the other end to a sliding bar shaft 15 which has a bevel gear 15 in mesh 33, which has a cam or pro ect1on 35 bearing with abevel gear 8 on the rear end of a longiagainst a flange at the end of the bar 25. 45 tudinal shaft 18 mounted on the frame. ,The The bar 33 is guided at its free end between front end of this shaft has a bevel gear 22 rollers 30 on the frame. The bolt 7 is norwhich meshes with a bevel gear 7 on a shaft mally advanced to engage the edge of the 10 extending across the front of the frame platform, by means of a coiled spring 18 and mounted in suitable bearings thereon. around the stem thereof. 50 The shaft 10 carries a bevel gear 12 which ln explanation of the mechanism so far meshes with a bevel gear 21 on the shaft 14. described it may be said that when the lever mounted on the main frame. This shaft has 22 is actuated it throws the finger 30 bea clutch the fixed member of which is inditween the rotating arm 25 and the lug 23 cated at 24 and the sliding member of which 1 and forms a connection between the two 55 is indicated at 25. The shaft also carries a\ which shifts the bar 39 forwardly and unpinion 9 which meshes with a circular rack, locks the bolt 7 from the edge of the table,

and by the same movement the lever 16, in consequence of the connections 25and 28, swings outwardly and engages the clutch,

ereby causing the platform to rotate. The outward movement of the bolt 7' by invention, it is not shown or described.

I claim:

1. In a harvesting machine, the combination with a rotatable shock table, of means to feed stalks thereto, and means controlled by t e stalks so fed turn the ta le.

2. In a harvesting machine, the combination with a rotatable shock table and means to turn the same, including a normally dish, of means to feed the table, and means actuated by the stalks thereon to engage the clutch and turn the bar 25, t ereby holding said bar and the leh position that the will remain in engagement until the h, at which time n a harvesting machine, the combination with a rotatable shock table and means to turn the same, including a normally dise The shaft 10 also carries a bevel gear 54 'ch meshes with a bevel gear 58 on a verh 18 cranked as at 62.

t 1e clutch is disengaged, means to feed stalks tical shaft onto the table, and means operated by the stalks so fed to release the bolt and engage the clutch, to turn the table, when a sheaf is formed.

4. In a harvesting tion with a to turn the the table with an outer a vertical shaft 60 which is also as indicated at 62. iese cranks carry double sets of rakes Y which vibrate or back and forth the fodder onto the platform 4 and toward yielding apron 2 which end to th machine, the com binarotatable shock table and means same, of a latch normally holding against rotation, and means automatically actuated by the formation of com plete sheaves on the table to release the latch and allowlthe table to turn.

e outer intermittently turn the same a its outer tion, including a normally disengaged clutch, a atch normally engaging the table and holding the same against rotation, means actupartial ro taintervals in means to turn the table, a latcl the platform. As the stalks are stacked against the apron they cause said apron to 1d or swing back, and wh means to notch.

7. In a harvesting machine, the combination with a rotatable shock table, of means to 1e same including a normally disenrevolution and is again engaged and for the neXt sheaf. As the stalks forming the next sheaf (shock section) are delivthey enter or are the preceding sheaf and the apron 2, and said apron is accordingly, in due course, swung back to trip the rotat devices again; and so on until the platorm is filled.

Any suitable cutting mechanism may be 8. In a employed, and since it forms no part of this harvesting machine, the co1nbinatlon with a rotatable table, and means to stalks upon turn the'same, including a normally disenl engage the latch, to allow the table to be gaged clutch, of a latch engaging the table turned when a sheaf is formed. i. and holding the same against rotation when In testimony whereof I afliX my signature, the clutch is disengaged, ayielding apron in presence of two witnesses.

5 above the table and against which the stalks ISADORE C. NOLTE.

are fed, and means actuated by the move- Witnesses:

ment of the apron incident to ressure of the ARTHUR G. MOORE, stalks thereon to engage the c utch and dis- WILLIAM S. KIMBALL. 

